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Refraction of Electromagnetic Energy for Wave Packets Incident on a Negative Index Medium is Always Negative

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We analyze refraction of electromagnetic wave packets on passing from an isotropic positive to an isotropic negative refractive index medium. We definitively show that in all cases the energy is always refracted negatively. For localized wave packets, the group refraction is also always negative.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306043,
  title  = {Refraction of Electromagnetic Energy for Wave Packets Incident on a Negative Index Medium is Always Negative},
  author = {W. T. Lu and J. B. Sokoloff and S. Sridhar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306043},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures